The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Moses Augustine Luce, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 10 May 1864, while serving with Company E, 4th Michigan Infantry, in action at Laurel Hill, Virginia. Sergeant Luce voluntarily returned in the face of the advancing enemy to the assistance of a wounded and helpless comrade, and carried him, at imminent peril, to a place of safety.